Best Burgers in Hobart: North Hobart and More

The best burgers in Hobart are easiest to find on Elizabeth Street in North Hobart, the city’s main restaurant strip, and around the waterfront between Franklin Wharf and Salamanca Place. Sandy Bay, home to the University of Tasmania’s main campus, adds cheaper options south of the centre.

Provenance matters in Tasmania. Many Hobart burger menus name Tasmanian beef outright, and island lamb and salmon turn up in buns too, often with the farm or region spelled out. Hobart is small and walkable: Elizabeth Street runs straight from the waterfront up to North Hobart, so the two main burger areas sit on the same road. On Saturdays, Salamanca Market brings hundreds of stalls to the sandstone warehouses of Salamanca Place.

Burgers in Hobart: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: North Hobart, the CBD, the waterfront, Salamanca Place, Battery Point and Sandy Bay.
• Main burger strip: Elizabeth Street in North Hobart, north of the CBD along the same street.
• Local specialty: Tasmanian beef, named as such on menus, with local lamb and salmon as alternatives.
• Market day: Salamanca Market, every Saturday at Salamanca Place.
• Currency: Australian dollar (AUD); Tasmania uses the same currency as the mainland.
• What our guides check: a venue open in the year of publication, its street address, a dated price and a dated rating with its review count.

Every guide we publish on Hobart is dated and lists only venues, addresses, prices and ratings we could verify. To compare Tasmania with the mainland and beyond, browse our burger restaurant guides by city.